Pay-per-use and prepaid balance
CloudQube does not have monthly subscriptions. You pay for what you use, on two tracks:
One-shot purchases
Section titled “One-shot purchases”When you do something with a clear, finite cost, like registering a domain, you pay for it once, right then, through your usual payment method. The invoice arrives in your inbox the same day.
Prepaid balance for recurring resources
Section titled “Prepaid balance for recurring resources”Recurring resources, like a CDN, a container, or a database, draw from a prepaid balance attached to your account. You top up the balance with whatever amount suits you. Each day, the cost of the resources you ran the previous day is deducted from the balance. When the balance reaches zero, the resource is suspended; topping up brings it back.
This setup means:
- No surprise bills. The most you can lose to a runaway bug or attack is whatever balance you had.
- No subscription you forget to cancel. If you stop topping up, things wind down on their own.
- Clean accounting. Every transaction is a top-up or a deduction, both itemised.
What you actually pay
Section titled “What you actually pay”The price of each resource is shown when you set it up, and is itemised on every invoice. You pay the underlying provider’s price plus a transparent CloudQube margin on top. We do not hide markups.
Where invoices live
Section titled “Where invoices live”VAT-compliant invoices are generated automatically the moment you make a purchase or are billed from your prepaid balance. They are emailed to you and are also available in your account settings for download or export at any time.